Where does “originlessness” come from?
originlessness (English) comes from English originless, from English origin, from Middle English origine, from Old French origine, from Latin orīgō, from Latin -igo, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti — to drive.
originlessness (English): Lack of an origin
Definitions
- Lack of an origin
Ancestry of “originlessness”, step by step
originlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English originless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | originless | Without an origin |
| 2 | English | origin | The beginning of something; The source of a... |
| 3 | Middle English | origine | Alternative form of origyne |
| 4 | Old French | origine | — |
| 5 | Latin | orīgō | commencement act, event or process of coming into existence: beginning, origination |
| 6 | Latin | -igo | Enlargement of -ō; Suffixed to nouns and to... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |